threaten to overwhelm the
entire foreign aid system.
Lonsdale is a scientist and
businessman who reportedly
thinks the venerable Hat-
field is vulnerable on the
abortion issue. But,
observers point out, he is a
political neophyte — and
Hatfield has a reputation for
bringing Oregon important
government contracts.
Rep. Solarz Reaches Out
To Aid Syrian-Americans
Rep. Stephen Solarz, D-N.Y.,
recently demonstrated the
global reach that is one of
the major benefits of mem-
bership in the exclusive con-
gressional fraternity.
And in several cases, the
beneficiaries of Solarz' in-
Stephen Solarz:
Most in nation.
tervention have been Jews of
Syrian ancestry; Solarz'
Brooklyn district includes
the largest concentration of
Syrian Jews in the nation.
During the recent coup at-
tempt in the Philippines,
Albert Chehebar, a Syrian-
Jewish businessman from
Solarz' district was in Ma-
nila when he and other hotel
guests were pinned down by
a fire fight just outside the
hotel doors.
In a triumph of interna-
tional communications, the
New York businessman
called Solarz — who was
with a congressional delega-
tion in Taiwan. Solarz, in
turn, called Nicholas Platt,
the American ambassador in
Manila and urged him to ar-
range a cease-fire so that ho-
tel guests could escape. The
effort was successful, and
Chehebar and the other
guests were able to leave the
hotel unmolested.
Several weeks later, one of
Solarz' staffers picked up the
phone again, this time in re-
sponse to reports from
Panama City that a Syrian-
Jewish synagogue there had
been the object of threats by
arsonists.
Several hours after the call
from the congressman's of-
fice, a detachment of Ameri-
can troops were sent to
guard the synagogue.
"The ultimate credit for
the rescue of Albert
Chehebar and the Sephardic
synagogue in Panama City
belongs to key people in our
State and Defense depart-
ments," Solarz said. "But I
am pleased I was able to play
some small role in assisting
the Syrian community in
this time of crisis."
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Do You Recognize Anyone?
Bush Urged To Back
Hate Crimes Measure
The hate crimes Statistic
Bill is so close to success that
backers of the package,
which mandates the collec-
tion of federal statistics on
crimes based on the victims'
race, religion or sexual
orientation can almost taste
success.
Now, several groups here,
including the American
Jewish Committee and the
Anti-Defamation League are
quietly urging the White
House to include a pitch for
the measure during Presi-
dent George Bush's State of
the Union address at the end
of the month.
And some of Bush's ad-
visers are apparently inter-
ested in the idea; recently,
the White House sent an
urgent request to ADL for
the group's annual hate
crimes audit. The ADL data
indicated that there were a
record number of anti-
Semitic incidents in 1989.
"Professor" Israel Glass is the leader pictured. According to Rose Love Greenberg, who contributed
the picture to the Jewish Detroit Historical Exhibit, the photograph was taken around 1925.
She believes the band was sponsored by the Jewish Community Center. Please call Jewish Federa-
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